SecureWorld News

JULY 10, 2023

The Google Play Store, a widely-trusted source for Android applications, has recently become a battleground for a concerning wave of spyware with ties to China. Operating under the radar, these apps silently collect and transmit sensitive data to servers based in China, posing significant risks to user data security and privacy.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

In 2022, tech publication TechCrunch discovered that TheTruthSpy and other spyware apps share a common Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability, CVE-2022-0732. The publications described the bug as “extremely easy to exploit, and grants unfettered remote access to all of the data collected from a victim’s Android device.”

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Data collected by the Internet Storm Center dug into “Survival Time History”, which is “calculated as the average time between reports for an average target IP address. The pop up blocker in particular was a big help with the proliferation of adware and spyware plugging into advertising networks.

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SecureList

MARCH 13, 2024

To calculate the statistics, data from the consumer line of Kaspersky’s mobile security solutions was reviewed according to the Coalition Against Stalkerware detection criteria. Other types of monitoring or spyware apps that fall outside of the Coalition’s definition are not included in the statistics found here.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

If the movie lover entered their bank card details on the fake site, they risked paying more than the displayed amount for content that did not exist and sharing their card details with the scammers. Soccer fans chasing merchandise risked compromising their bank cards or just losing some money.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

This politician became the target of a previously undiscovered “zero-day” attack aimed at infecting his phone with spyware. iOS devices may not be the only targets: other devices and operating systems could also face risks.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 29, 2024

There’s a, there’s a “national security risk du jour.” I have access to AI tools in a way that I don’t have access to data collection regimes. I have access to AI tools in a way that I don’t have access to data collection regimes. I wanted to separately ask: We talked about corporations.

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